Schoolcraft's Expedition to Lake Itasca

A. Letters and Reports Relating to the Organization of the Expedition in 1831 and 1832

APPENDIX A Letters and Reports Relating to the Organization oj Expeditions in 1831 and 1832 to the Northwestern Region of the United States THIS SERIES of letters pertain to expeditions in Indian Country in 1831 and 1832. In 1831 Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, the leader of these expeditions, was forced to abandon his plan to visit Indian tribes in the Upper Mississippi River region and instead, traveled into Wisconsin to contact tribes living along the St. Croix, Red Cedar, and Chippewa rivers. The account of this trip along with documents bearing upon the plans for the 1832 expedition are printed in this appendix. 1. Lewis Cass to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, August 9, 1830. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 2. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to the Chippewa chiefs, October 1, 1830. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 3. Lewis Cass to Charles C. Trowbridge, April 21, 1831. Trowbridge Papers, Burton Historical Collection of The Detroit Public Library. 4. Alexander Macomb to Commanding Officer at Sault Ste. Marie, April 23, 1831. Enclosure: Lewis Cass to Sec. of War Eaton, Washington, April 19, 1831. Territorial Papers oj the United States-Michigan, compiled by Clarence Edwin Carter (Washington, 1945), Vol. XII, pp. 281-82. Hereafter referred to as Territorial Papers. 5. Samuel S. Hamilton to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, April 25, 1831. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 6. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to Lewis Cass, June 28, 1831. Territorial Papers, Vol. XII, pp. 304-305. 7. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to Lawrence Taliaferro, August 1, 1831. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 8. Report of Expedition of 1831, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to Elbert Herring, September 21, 1831. Narrative of an Expedition Through the Upper Mississippi to Itasca Lake (New York, 1834), pp. 265-85. Hereafter referred to as Narrative to Itasca. 9. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to George B. Porter, October 1, 1831. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 10. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to Elbert Herring, February 13, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 11. The Reverend William Thurston Boutwell to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft , February 21, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 107 108 Appendix A 12. William M. Ferry to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, February 21, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 13. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to Lewis Cass, February 24, 1832. Cass Papers, William L. Clements Library, University of Michigan. 14. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to the Reverend David Greene, February 25, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 15. Lewis Cass to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, March 28, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 16. The Reverend David Greene to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, April 12, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 17. Elbert Herring to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, May 3, 1832. Territorial Papers, Vol XII, pp. 473-74. 18. Lewis Cass to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, May 4, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 19. Alexander Macomb to De Lafayette Wilcox, May 9, 1832. Executive Documents, 23d Cong., 1 Sess., Doc. No. 323, pp. 1-2. 20. Elbert Herring to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, May 17, 1832. Territorial Papers, Vol. XII, p. 481. 21. Elbert Herring and William Ward to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, May 21, 1832. Territorial Papers, Vol. XII, pp. 481-82. 22. Lewis Cass to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, May 22, 1832. Schoolcraft Papers, Library of Congress. 23. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to George Johnston, May 29, 1832. Johnston Papers, Burton Historical Collection. 24. Henry Rowe Schoolcraft to John Torrey, June 2, 1832. Torrey Papers, New York Botanical Garden. 25. Special Order No.2 by De Lafayette Wilcox, June 6, 1832. Executive Documents, 23d Cong., 1 Sess., Doc. No. 323, p. 2. Appendix A 1. Lewis Cass to Henry Rowe Schoolcraft. SIR: 109 DETROIT, August 9, 1830 I have been directed by the War Department to request you to proceed into the Chippewa country, to endeavor to put an end to the hostilities between the Chippewas and Sioux. The general route must be left to your discretion. Whether it will be necessary for you to go beyond Fond du Lac, you can best determine on your arrival there. From the limited means applicable to this object, I am apprehensive that your journey cannot be extended beyond that place. But in that event, it will be necessary to summon some of the principal Mississippi Chiefs to meet you, as without their concurrences no durable pacification can be effected. Your object will be to impress upon them, the necessity of terminating their hostilities with the Sioux. And the considerations connected with the subject are so familiar...